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Dane County Regional Truax Field

43.13990°N
-89.33750°W
ARR / DAY
83
▼ 6.5%
DEP / DAY
84
▼ 2.6%
ON-TIME
76.2% Top 25%
arr · avg 3 min
dep · 100% · avg -9 min cal
AVG DELAY
3 min
7d window

Dane County Regional Truax Field (KMSN/MSN) is a large domestic airport located in Madison, WI. It features 3 runways with the longest being 9,006 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 83 arrivals and 84 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 26 carriers across 64 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights. The most active carrier is Republic Airlines (RPA). The busiest route is to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD). On-time performance averages 76% with an average delay of 3 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 277 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
2

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

53m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
3 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMSN 011653Z 31003KT 10SM SCT025 BKN160 BKN250 30/24 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP137 T03000244

Runways

3 installed

9,006 FT MAX
03/21
7,200 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH
14/32
5,846 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH
18/36
9,006 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
10m 5a 19m 6a 16m 7a 10m 8a 12m 9a 18m 10a 12m 11a 19m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 418
Republic Airlines 20% SKY West Aviation 14% United Airlines 12% American Airlines 10% Delta AIR Lines 10% PSA Airlines 10% Netjets Aviation 9% CSA AIR 8% Gojet Airlines 7%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 96
MSP 38
DTW 32
DCA 31
DEN 25
BOS 24

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
Republic Airlines
85
SKY West Aviation
58
United Airlines
49
American Airlines
43
Delta AIR Lines
42
PSA Airlines
40
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Netjets Aviation
38
CSA AIR
32
Gojet Airlines
31
Endeavor AIR
31
Envoy AIR
22
Breeze Airways
14
AIR Cargo Carriers
10
LGM Enterprises
9
Federal Express
7
SCJ
4
Hughes Flying Service
4
Aviation Advisor
4
NON
4
Department of the Army
4
Florida AIR Cargo (OPA Locka
4
Nicholas Services
4
AIR Mobility Command (AMC)
3
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
3
ATP Flight School
2
Western Michigan University College of Aviation
2
Inter RCA
2
Gouvernement du Quebec
2
MN Airlines
2
SC Aviation
2
United States Department of Transportation
2
Frontier Airlines
2
Alaska Airlines
2
LOB
2
Holman Leasing Systems
2
Northern JET Management
2
Airnet II
1
Copenhagen Airtaxi A/S
1
Summit Aviation
1
Atlas AIR
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.300 —
TWR 119.300 0600-2300
TWR 257.800 0600-2300
GND 121.900 0600-2300
GND 348.600 0600-2300
ATIS 124.650 0600-2300
ATIS 278.300 0600-2300
APCH 120.100 0600-2300
APCH 135.450 0600-2300
APCH 343.700 0600-2300
APCH 350.300 0600-2300
DEP 318.100 0600-2300
UNICOM 122.950 —
ANG OPS 40.800 0600-2300
OTHER 40.800 0600-2300
LCL/P 119.300 0600-2300
CLASS C 120.100 0600-2300
EMERG 121.500 0600-2300
CD/P 121.625 0600-2300
OTHER 121.625 0600-2300
MADISON 122.600 —
OTHER 122.600 —
ANG OPS 123.400 0600-2300
OTHER 123.400 0600-2300
LONE ROC 133.300 —
OTHER 133.300 —
CLASS C 135.450 0600-2300
ANG OPS 138.175 0600-2300
OTHER 138.175 0600-2300
ANG OPS 238.200 0600-2300
OTHER 238.200 0600-2300
EMERG 243.000 0600-2300
LCL/P 257.800 0600-2300
LONE ROC 257.925 —
OTHER 257.925 —
ANG OPS 299.900 0600-2300
OTHER 299.900 0600-2300
CLASS C 343.700 0600-2300
CLASS C 350.300 0600-2300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A++

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KMSN · last 7d

29 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 277 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 Gojet Airlines 31 0h 34m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 United Airlines 29 0h 37m
MSNBOS
Boston, US
 Republic Airlines 24 2h 20m
MSNMSP
Minneapolis, US
 SKY West Aviation 23 0h 47m
MSNPHL
Philadelphia, US
 PSA Airlines 23 1h 45m
MSNATL
Atlanta, US
 Delta AIR Lines 22 1h 46m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 Envoy AIR 21 0h 35m
MSNDCA
Washington, US
 Republic Airlines 19 1h 55m
MSNDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 American Airlines 17 2h 4m
MSNDTW
Detroit, US
 Endeavor AIR 14 0h 58m
MSNCLT
Charlotte, US
 American Airlines 14 1h 47m
MSNDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 13 2h 3m
MSNDEN
Denver, US
 SKY West Aviation 12 2h 2m
MSNEWR
Newark, US
 Republic Airlines 12 2h 0m
MSNDTW
Detroit, US
 SKY West Aviation 12 0h 57m
MSNDCA
Washington, US
 PSA Airlines 12 1h 47m
MSNLGA
New York, US
 Republic Airlines 11 2h 6m
MSNRHI
Rhinelander, US
 CSA AIR 10 1h 10m
MSNMSP
Minneapolis, US
 Delta AIR Lines 10 0h 47m
MSNORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 8 0h 39m
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